Both B&H Photo & Adorama have told us that they expect to begin shipping the new EF 24-70 f/2.8L II on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Initial stock will be pretty good, however I am not expecting all preorders to be filled.

I pre-ordered from B&H one month ago so I probably have little chance of catching the first wave of deliveries. This is the same scenario I had with the 5D3 in the Spring. However I was able to cancel my pre-order when a fellow forum member mentioned 5D3s were available on the West coast - so if you find availability please share.

Shipping tomorrow... so much for what the agent told me this morning... B&H has been great over the years (particularly this last year...), just get some strange "misunderstandings" of what's really going on sometimes...